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AF Macro Lens

Started 3 months ago | Questions thread
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Re: AF Macro Lens

Jack Tingle wrote:

I use a cheap extension tube set & my kit lenses. [E-M10 Mk. II + 14-42mm or 40-150mm] Their fields are flat enough to work fine & AF works as normal.

The tubes were under $30. They'll get you 90% of what you can get. I've never been able to justify the next increment. You start to need lighting & fixturing to go further.

I've tried that Jack. I think it was Meike's. Sent it back to Amazon. I'm not sure if I used it wrong or whether it was faulty. So my experience with tubes is terrible. I find it very difficult to move forward backwards to find a focus point for a brief second.

Is that how a real macro lens works?

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